COLD SPRING – A Cold Spring woman has been charged with second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon after her father was attacked this week, according to a criminal complaint.

Monday afternoon, Cold Spring police officers were sent to a residence in the 2100 block of Flagstone Court, according to a complaint obtained from the Stearns County attorney's office. When they arrived, officers found a man subduing 21-year-old Michaela Jane Nordstrom of Cold Spring.

The man was Nordstrom's father; he was forced to restrain his daughter after she attacked with a knife, the complaint said.

Nordstrom had become angry with her father, and his attempts to calm her failed, according to the complaint. The disagreement escalated, and Nordstrom eventually pulled out a knife, which she swung at her father. Nordstrom's father, who was not named in the complaint, attempted to block the knife and turned away, which allowed Nordstrom to cut the man's back.

After being cut, Nordstrom's father left from the residence and shouted for help. A neighbor called 911, and Nordstrom's father was able to subdue his daughter after she again caught up with him and tried to attack, the complaint stated.

Nordstrom admitted to police that she had attacked her father with the knife, according to the complaint. She also admitted to possessing the knife for an extended period of time because she was waiting to stab her father. She told police that she had the intention of stabbing her father again, the complaint said.

Second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon is a felony charge that carries a maximum prison sentence of seven years and could include a fine of up to $14,000.

The Cold Spring Police Department has not responded to requests from the Times for information about the incident.